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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
If two or more attorneys-in-fact are originally appointed and one dies, resigns, or is unable to serve, a successor attorney-in-fact named in a power of attorney executed in conformity withsection 523.23or a form prepared undersection 523.231replaces the attorney-in-fact who dies, resigns, or is unable to serve. If the original attorneys-in-fact were required to act jointly, the attorneys-in-fact acting at any time must act jointly. If the original attorneys-in-fact were allowed to act individually, the attorneys-in-fact acting at any time may act individually. If attorneys-in-fact acting at any time are required to act jointly, and there is only one remaining attorney-in-fact because of the death, resignation, or inability to serve of all other original and successor attorneys-in-fact, the remaining attorney-in-fact may act alone.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Minnesota Statutes Fiduciaries; Powers of Attorney (Ch. 520-523) § 523.131. Qualification of successor attorney-in-fact in statutory short form power of attorney - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mn/fiduciaries-powers-of-attorney-ch-520-523/mn-st-sect-523-131/
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